Australian researcher's map of pancreatic cancer will refine treatment

By Nicky Phillips
Updated March 10 2015 - 10:33am, first published February 26 2015 - 10:42am
Biankin and Grimmond's research on pancreatic cancer will improve future patients' treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Biankin and Grimmond's research on pancreatic cancer will improve future patients' treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Biankin and Grimmond's research on pancreatic cancer will improve future patients' treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Biankin and Grimmond's research on pancreatic cancer will improve future patients' treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Biankin and Grimmond's research on pancreatic cancer will improve future patients' treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Biankin and Grimmond's research on pancreatic cancer will improve future patients' treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam
Researchers Andrew Biankin and Sean Grimmond have pioneered gene sequencing for cancer treatment. Photo: Steve Lunam

Tumours are a lot like earthquakes. No two are the same, and just as quakes occur mostly along fault lines, scientists have discovered that tumours also have unstable regions hidden inside their genomes.

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